Bengals' Gio Bernard provides season highlight, leaves injured

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3:23 AM,
Nov. 1, 2013

Gio Bernard somersaulted into the end zone at the end of his highlight-reel run.

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MIAMI GARDENS - Giovani Bernard delivered one of the greatest running plays in Bengals history at Sun Life Stadium only a short drive from his hometown of Boca Raton, Fla.

Perhaps the run would have been more appropriate at the location of the Bengals last road game in Detroit because it resembled the Houdini acts made famous by former Lions great Barry Sanders.

Bernard took a sweep right hand only to see the play blown up by Dolphins linebacker Dannell Ellerbe and Brett Grimes. Only, Bernard was somehow able to spin off the tackle attempts of both of them. After gaining his balance, Bernard ...